CVE-2016-7167

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-09-14

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) curl_escape, (2)curl_easy_escape, (3) curl_unescape, and (4) curl_easy_unescape functions in libcurl before 7.50.3 allow attackers to have unspecified impact via a string of length 0xffffffff, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

See more information about CVE-2016-7167 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.3	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (curl)	ELSA-2017-2016	2017-08-07

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